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Atteva aurea - Ailanthus Webworm Moth.
July 31st 2024.
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Atteva aurea - Ailanthus Webworm Moth.
July 31st 2024.
Now rebloggable since we have wifi again for me to use my laptop to type the image descriptions!
beetle on grass
[ID: Five photos of a small, solid black beetle shaped like a ladybug, sitting on the stem of a small flowering grass. It is very shiny, with thin segmented antenna. It is shown from above showing its back, then the side, and with the grass tilted slightly to show its black segmented belly. End ID.]
webworms on black cherry
[ID: Two photos showing a webworm moth nest on a black cherry tree. The first photo is from further away, looking up into the tree, where the nest forms a thick white web between branches. The second zooms in, showing vertically black and yellow striped caterpillars all gathered in a cluster near the top. End ID.]
beetle on mulberry
[ID: Four photos of a long, thin dark brown or black beetle on the flowers of a mulberry tree. The first three photos are zoomed in, the last is further away. It seems to be solid very dark brown or black, with thin, medium length antenne. Its body is long and narrow. End ID.]
An adorable Fall webworm makes their way around (these dudes are FAST)
Monday September 2nd 2024 11:00am
Fall webworm moth
Img credit: projectnoah.org
Drawing of an Ailanthus Webworm Moth. October 2016.
Bug of the Day
I had a small infestation of fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea) on my medlar tree this past summer (why do I have a medlar tree? I should not, I live in New England, but it came with the house :-)). The tree is tiny and the nest was right at eye level, so I dug in, and here the caterpillars are, wrapped up in their silk- and poop-filled glory...
Photo of an Ailanthus Webworm Moth. Photo taken at Scioto Grove Metro Park in Grove City, Ohio. August 2016.
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Drawing of an Ailanthus Webworm Moth. October 2016.
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